Ancestry favorite resource, tool and database
Crista Cowan of the Ancestry Aces has given an interesting blog prompt: What is your favorite resource on Ancestry.com? Do you have one database that you use more than others? A favorite tool, tip or trick you use when searching? My favorite resource on Ancestry. Well I guess that would depend on what I was looking for. If I was researching an area, then my favorite resource would be the card catalog. I find it to be a good jumping off spot. If I know that there are databases for Cook County Illinois voting records for specific years, I can check for ancestor names and misspellings for that particular family during that time period. I also like to take a specific database and run all of the ancestors I believe to be in area through it. For example the Chicago voting records should include both my grandfather, both my maternal great grandfathers, and several great uncles. Even though they have different surnames I can complete the ...